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From CNN:
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — President Bush suggested Wednesday that lawmakers who oppose his proposal for a Social Security overhaul could face political problems as a result.
To answer the question of the skeptics, we do have a serious problem,” Bush said… “Now is the time to fix it, and I think there is […]

From Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifty-nine former U.S. diplomats oppose the nomination of John Bolton to be American ambassador to the United Nations, according to a letter to be delivered to a key congressional lawmaker on Tuesday.
Bolton was nominated by President Bush, a Republican, three weeks ago amid complaints from Democrats that he […]

From CNN:
The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, a conservative Christian activist leading demonstrations outside a Florida hospice where Schiavo lives, said he would take his fight to Washington on Monday.
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Having exhausted their legal options, the Rev. Mahoney, Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, and other members of the hard religious right have decided to stage an event in […]

WILMINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said on Thursday the alternative to President Bush’s plan to overhaul the Social Security retirement system is probably higher taxes for workers — something the administration is dead set against…
Bush wants to let workers funnel some of their payroll taxes into accounts invested in stocks and […]

Now that the media is firmly hooked up to the feeding tube known as Terri Schiavo, there are a lot of “experts” out there with newfound “consultant” status. These people crop up all the time, sometimes reappearing in new guises, but this new set is particularly repellant. I’ll tell you why - plus, […]

The endless wranglings in the Schiavo case have made one thing clear to me - to not have a living will is shortsighted, risky, and quite possibly detrimental to my career. Therefore:
I, Adam Felber, being of sound mind and body, do hereby declare my intentions and disposition of my estate in the event of […]

A second personal post in one week is something I’d normally avoid around here. Why should you care about my life, especially when the internet is full of prettier and faster-moving people who blog exclusively about about their lives?
But if the United States Congress can indulge itself by spending a day lobbing softballs at […]

It’s been a while since I’ve updated my links, particularly those under “The Funny.” What’s so unpardonable about this is that “The Funny” are my friends, my homeboys and homegirls, my partners in comedy. And many of them now have websites that I’ve never told you about. My apologies. Here, then, is […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. media coverage of last year’s election was three times more likely to be negative toward President Bush than Democratic challenger John Kerry, according to a study released Monday….
June 21, 2007:
Biased Media Slams Bush Over New War, Foundering Economy, Puppy Slaying
Washington, Tuesday (FA wire) - An increasingly liberal-biased media once […]

The Senate is about to approve the new bankruptcy bill, which will “make it harder to erase medical bills, credit card charges and other debts by declaring bankruptcy.”
It’s a big win for the banking and credit card industries, who’ve suffered for far too long trying to make ends meet while recently-unemployed workers wallow in the […]